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Front page

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounCore term

In journalism & media, front page means: The first page of a newspaper, where the most important stories and pictures of the day appear; also the home page of a news website.

In Turkish: birinci sayfa, ön sayfa, manşet sayfası

How it is used

Stories make, lead or dominate the front page; editors decide what goes on the front. As an adjective it is hyphenated: front-page news, a front-page story. Newsroom slang for it is page one or the splash in British tabloids.

Example sentences

  1. The rescue of the miners was on the front page of every paper.

  2. Do you think the transport strike is front-page news?

Common collocations

  • make the front page
  • front-page story
  • front-page headline
  • on the front page
  • front-page news
  • headlineThe title printed above a news story in large letters, or written at the top of an online article, that tells readers quickly what the story is about.
  • captionA short piece of text under or next to a photo, chart or video that explains what it shows, who is in it and sometimes who took it.
  • tabloidA newspaper with small pages, short stories and big pictures, often focused on celebrities, crime and scandal; also a style of sensational journalism.
  • broadsheetA newspaper printed on large pages, traditionally associated with serious news, analysis and a more formal style than tabloids.

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